Scientific Programme
MONDAY 29 MAY 2023 – PRE-CONGRESS WORKSHOPS
TUESDAY 30 MAY 2023 WEDNESDAY 31 MAY 2023 THURSDAY 1 JUNE 2023
Chair: Daiva Baltriukiene Co-Chair: Vasileios Ntafis
09:00–09:20
Improving animal model translation, welfare and operational efficiency with appropriate housing and infrastructure design
John Hasenau. USA
Advanced research and development center for experimental medicine: "Prof. Ostin C. Mungiu" - infinite solutions
Gabriela Dumitra Stanciu. Romania
09:40–10:00
Alberto Gobbi. Italy
10:00–10:40
Coffee break
Team management – the key to proper animal welfare
Viola Galligioni. Netherlands
11:00–11:20
The emotional cost of working with laboratory animals
Avishag Tuval. Israel
KEYNOTE SPEAKER – The 3Rs in transition
Jan-Bas Prins. United Kingdom
12:00–13:20
Lunch
Giorgio Rosati. Italy, Jan Honetschläger. Czech Republic, Marcello Raspa. Italy, Catriene Thuring. Netherlands
3RS AND WELFARE SESSION
Chair: Anastasia Tsingotjidou Co-Chair: Marek Baxa
FELASA-EFAT working group: Harmonisation of education, training and CPD for laboratory animal caretakers and technicians
Klas Abelson. FELASA
13:40–14:00
The ethical challenges of human organoids creation and use in biomedicine
Dasa Seveljevic-Jaran. Croatia
Implications of advanced genome engineering techniques on refinement in animal research
Olga Gewartowska. Poland
14:20–14:40
Refinement of streptozotocin‐induced diabetic model in mice
Giorgi Phichkhaia. Georgia
The importance of diversity in animal studies- focus on neuroscience
Sigal Meilin. Israel
15:00–15:30
Coffee break
ANIMAL FACILITY DESIGN SESSION
Chair: Vasileios Ntafis Co-Chair: Jan Honetschläger
15:30–15:50
Service-oriented management of an animal facility benefits everyone (scientists, animal caretakers and administration)
Jussi Helppi. Germany
Opportunities and challenges of a compact and busy preclinical laboratory
Argyro Zacharioudaki. Greece
16:10–16:30
Not all individually ventilated caging systems are created equal
Scott Perkins. USA
